Scarlett Pragya, AASW

She offers a warm, grounded and slightly playful approach to therapy while maintaining a strong evidence-informed framework. With 7 years of experience and the AASW credential, she supports people navigating trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, relationship strain and major life transitions. Her work blends trauma-informed care with a holistic perspective, attending both to nervous-system regulation and to building practical daily tools that reduce emotional distress and support wellbeing.

Sessions combine compassionate listening with hands-on strategies such as breathwork, grounding exercises, boundary-setting and routine design, together with mindfulness practices aimed at helping thoughts and bodily responses become more aligned and calmer. She focuses on reshaping unhelpful patterns so clients can move toward greater clarity, steadiness and self-connection. Areas of special interest include relationships, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem, alongside related concerns such as attachment and abandonment issues, body image, chronic pain and illness, communication difficulties and recovery after sexual assault.

She meets people where they are, whether they are rebuilding after a distressing event, navigating changing relationships or simply seeking everyday practicality and meaning. Expect a collaborative, evidence-informed process with warmth, practical skills and moments of lightness to support progress.

Trauma-informed techniques and online support

She commonly uses trauma-informed approaches that focus on helping the nervous system settle and on building a sense of safety in day-to-day life. This involves pacing work to what feels manageable, using grounding practices and breath-based exercises to reduce overwhelm, and helping clients notice and shift physical responses that maintain distress. These techniques are often helpful for people recovering from traumatic experiences, managing post-traumatic stress, or dealing with intense anxiety.

Mindfulness and nervous-system regulation strategies form a second core approach, offering straightforward skills to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. These practices support improvements in mood, concentration and emotional resilience and can be applied to relationship difficulties, self-esteem concerns and chronic stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and is decided collaboratively. She works with clients and appropriately qualified or registered professionals to tailor techniques to individual needs, goals and preferences, adjusting pace and focus as progress unfolds.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, to continue care during transitions, and to choose the format that feels most comfortable for the client while still accessing evidence-based therapeutic support.